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HENRY RUPPEL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DANGLER 'ST'OVE AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFSAME PLACE.

HYDROCARBON-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,124, dated May 16, 1899.

Application filed October 2 Z, 1 8 9 8.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY RUPPEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Burners; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Myinvention relates to hydrocarbon-burners, and more particularly to the class or variety of burners which use kerosene-oil in contradistinction to those which are known distinctly as gasolene-burners.

The. invention is adapted to be used with either wick-burners or the wickless, both of which styles are now common.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of a single burner embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross-section of the burner looking down on a line corresponding to 2 2, Fig. 5. Fig. 3 is a perspective elevation of the burner with the drum-sections opened and the burnertubes raised, as hereinafter fully described. Fig. 4 is a view looking downward on line 2 2, Fig. 5, but with the parts otherwise asthey are shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical central sectional elevation of the burner corresponding to line 5 5, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an elevation of one of the drum-sections alone.

In oil-stoves as they are now constructed there generally are two concentric perforated burner or combustion tubes, which forconvenience in handling and adjusting are rigidly connected together and are adapted to seatupon the sides of the oil and vapor channel it what is known as a wickless burner be used or upon the tops of the wick-tubes upon either side of the wick if wick-burners be used. In either style of burner it is desirable to have means for raising the wicktubes to enable the burner to be lighted from the outside, usually by a match, and, secondly, to raise the burner-tubes out of contact with the burner-base when the burner is at rest, so as to prevent the creeping of oil onto the said tubes. Neither of theseideas is claimed to be new and original in this case, because both are developed in other cases and are now well known in the art; but in burners of this general character it has also Serial No. 694,269. (No model.)

beenfound very desirable, if not absolutely essential to their successful operation under all ordinary circumstances, that the combus-,

tion-chamber be so rrounded by a drum, which will effectually cut off and prevent the on trance of air to disturb combustion, and thus also protect the burner from such drafts and insure the best possible results.

Drums hitherto had been made to be raised and in some instances to be removed, so as to raise it out of the way. Sometimes also it has been the practice to leave the two burner or combustion tubes separate from each other and to employ means for raising only the outer tube, so that lighting of the oil -or burner might be accomplished that way. This of course also involved the removal or lifting of the surrounding drum, as already suggested, in order to approach and light the burner.

The present invention therefore will be understood as an improvement which accomplishes the shifting of the drum and the raising or lowering of the combustion-tubes together in one easy and complete operation, so that when the burner is extinguished and left to stand for the night or other period of time the burner-tubes are not only raised to avoid the creeping of oil thereon, but the sections of the drum are opened and the burner is exposed for lighting the oil when further use isdesired. This being done, another single movement of the lever closes the burnertubes to their seats and the sections of the drum about the same, and the burner is then in condition for use without other or further manipulation unless perchance it be to govern the flow of oil, which is a separate operation. This may have been provided for in turning on the oil before applying the match to the burner, or it may be controlled in subsequent operation of the valve, as may be thought best.

Now referring again to the drawings, A represents the usual burner trough or base,

to which oil is supplied through the feed-tube 0 and D represent the inner and the outer perforated tubes, respectively, of the combustioh chamber and which have their seats at the top of the trough A, making the usual close contact at that point, so as to avoid any material opening for air.

E represents the drum, consisting of two equal sections hinged together and adapted to swing apart, as clearly seen in Figs. 3 and 4, and to close tightly upon each other, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. Hinges 2 support these drum-sections at their rear, and the sections are adapted to swing on these hinges with a free movement back and forth under control through the operating-lever F, which extends to the front of the burner in its handle portion and is pivoted on the hanger 3 at the rear of the burner, as seen in Fig. 5. This lever is bifurcated or has two arms or branches 4:, which are turned up at corresponding angles and engage in loops 5 or their equivalent on the sections of the drum E approximately near the hinges thereof, so that an otherwise comparatively slight movement of the lever F up and down in the slot 6 in the lower drum G will serve to cause the sections of the drum to open and close, as shown in the drawings. The open position of the lever is seen clearly in Fig. 5, where it is engaged in a recess or oifset at the end of the slot 6, which serves to hold the lever in that position. Then it is dislodged from this recess or offset, the lever F will gravitate downward in the slot 6 by or through the weight of the combustiontubes, which in their raised position are supported from said lever. It will be noticed that I employ for this purpose a rod H, which is shown in this instance as having an opening through which the lever F passes, and the said rod at its lower end is guided by the part K and at its top connects with a spider or its equivalent L, which is engaged directly or indirectly with the inner combustion-tube. Another guide M within the burner-trough serves to support the operating-rod H at its top, and this also answers to guide the combustion-tubes to their seats. Of course any suitable or equivalent mechanism which will accomplish these results may be substituted for what is here shown and will be within the spirit of the invention, the idea of the invention being to control the position of the said tubes through and by means of the same lever which controls the wings of the drum, and thus simplify the movements of all the said parts.

The sections or wings of the drum are each supported on its own fixed and rigid hingestandard 8, which is rigid with the frame or part of the stove 9, Fig. 5, and upon which the said wings or sections have an easy swinging movement. It therefore follows that the manipulation of all the parts thus brought into unison is easily effected by raising and lowering lever F, and when the burner is extinguished the operator has simply to raise the said lever to the recess 10 and the several parts are at once brought to their proper position for rest, as well as readiness for relighting when that becomes necessary. When relighted, the lever F is lowered and the parts automatically closed into working position.

What I claim is-- 1. The burner and the combustion-tubes and a hinged drum-section, in combination with the lever operatively connected with said drum-section and supporting the said tubes, substantially as described.

2. The burner and its combustion-tubes and a drum in sections separate from said tubes, in combination with a pivoted lever engaged with each of said sections and means connected with the lever to raise said tubes, substantially as described.

, 3. The burner and the combustion-tubes seated thereon, and an outside drum in two sections having hinged supports on which the sections are adapted to swing open horizontally, in combination with a pivoted lever operativel y engaged with both said drum-sections and with the combustion-tubes, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the burner and the combustion-tubes adapted to be raised and lowered, and the drum -sections hinged to swing open horizontally at their front, in combination with a lever pivoted to be raised and lowered and connected with said drum-sections on one side of its pivot and with the combustion-tubes on the other side thereof,

substantially as described.

5. The burner and the combustion-tubes and the drum-sections hinged to swing horizontally, in combination with the lever having two projections engaging said sections to open and close the same, and a rod connected with said lever to raise and lower the combustion-tubes, substantially as described.

6. The burner and the combustion-tubes and a pair of drum-sections supported on vertical hinges at the rear thereof, in combination with a lever engaging said sections near their hinges and the burner-tubes supported from said lever, substantially as described.

7. The burner and the perforated tubes therefor, in combination with a lift-rod connected with said tubes, a lever engaging said rod, and a drum having swinging sections engaged by said lever to open and close the same, substantially as described.

8. The burner and the hinged drum-sections, in combination with a lever engaging said sections to open and close the same, the combustion-tubes,a guide-rod connected with the said tubes and with said lever, and means to lock said lever in its raised position, substantially as described.

\Vitness my hand to the foregoing specification this 24th day of September, 1898.

HENRY RUPPEL.

WVitnesses:

H. T. FISHER, R. B. MOSER. 

